"Welcome Home" the adventure I thought I was prepared for.

[Beebeluv]

TUESDAY NOV. 13, 2012

#Crazy annoying alarm sound# Now I really dislike this sound and I started to hate it once more until I realized what it was waking me for.... HELLOOOOO!!! You're in Jamaica! And you have a safari today! So my other and I wake up, shower, get dressed, pack the day bag... which included wata... ok sidenote... I always wondered why the boardies always spelt it wata.... As soon as I saw it I realized that's what its called and labeled... sorry I found this entertaining wata...lol wata.... ok.... wow squirrel moment sorry... so it contained wata, rum in a water bottle taken from our mini bar (don't tell),

a towel, camera w/ extra memory card, soda I cant recall the kind, and some snacks that we brought. I think I brought extra sunscreen too...I'm pretty white. So now we rush to breakfast and eat a wonderful breakfast before making our way to the lobby. My other has to run to the room to drop off some records … yes records as in vinyl... That one of the waiters had gotten for him. Money definitely talks in Jamaica. Anyway he only has 4 minutes to go to the room and back and we are on the farthest building. So I'm standing in the lobby and I must be obvious because our tour guide walks up and asks if I'm looking for her I say “yes but my boyfriend ran to the room really fast” so she has me sign some paperwork and he's still not back. Hmmm i'm getting really anxious that they might not want to wait for us. He makes it back just as our “jeep” gets there. The official name of the safari is jeep safari but we are really in a land rover with 8 seats in the back. As I step in I'm honestly not really paying attention and I accidentally call our female driver sir...For which I apologized profusely and explained it was a habit I acquired from working around military …. oh WONDERFUL. What a great start. Insult the driver...She's probably going to leave me in the jungle now. Great better keep up with the group...lol

So we are off to pick up our safari mates and literally 1 minute after we get on the road we pull in to the other RIU to pick up a very nice Canadian couple.
Along our drive we learn that they are grain farmers and are very knowledgeable from lots of traveling, 45 minutes later we stop at the grand palladium

to pick up another Canadian couple who were also nice but not as “friendly” to put it nicely. As we driver our driver tells us about the lucea clock fiasco and about the towns and parishes we pass through,